Poetry Analysis: Using Taylor Swift & Katy Perry Songs
Artsy Academy
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Grade Levels
7th - 8th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.8.2
CCSSRL.8.4
CCSSRL.8.9
CCSSL.8.3
CCSSL.8.4a
Formats Included
- Easel Activity
- Easel Assessment
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Pages
20
Artsy Academy
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Description
This exciting lesson plan offers a captivating way to introduce students to poetry analysis by showing how poetry is just like music. This makes the idea of poetry analysis less daunting and more fun for students.
It includes
- An interactive Easel presentation that covers the essential foundations of poetry analysis, alongside a fun class activity using Taylor Swift's song "All Too Well" as a relatable example.
- It breaks down imagery, symbolism & similies.
-A lesson plan for teachers which can be found on the Easel.
- An independent activity to test students' understanding – a poetry analysis of Katy Perry's "Firework."
- Easel Quiz: Who wrote it? Poet or songwriter with lines from The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Selena Gomez and more.
Total Pages
20
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
90 minutes
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Standards
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CCSSRL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRL.8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
CCSSRL.8.9
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
CCSSL.8.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
CCSSL.8.4a
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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